Austin Independent School District

Austin ISD and Hays CISD did not have enough subs to cover all the requests they got this week.

Austin Public Health is keeping Austin in Stage 4 for now, but says Stage 5 is "imminent without demonstrative behavior changes." The agency says about 1 in 3 COVID-19 tests are coming back positive in Central Texas.

Over the summer, Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said if the district saw 77,000 students enroll, staff would get 2% raises. But only 74,000 students enrolled this year.

The district said it's sometimes not receiving food orders from suppliers. Meal service will continue, but the food options might change.

Those districts include several border school districts including La Joya, Brownsville and Hidalgo ISDs — as well as districts in the state’s larger metropolitan areas that later joined the lawsuit, including Houston, Austin and Dallas.

The district’s refugee family support office will provide interpreters, test student’s English proficiency and help train teachers on how to recognize signs of trauma.

The remote-learning program, which launched Tuesday, was hastily put together in the last few weeks after the spread of the delta variant upset the district's plans for fully in-person classes this year.

The Austin and Round Rock school districts have said they will provide virtual learning after all. The option is back on the table amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases.

Parents across the country are weighing whether to send their children to in-person school this fall. Some districts are getting creative in an effort to win them back.

En la primavera de 2021, 60% de los estudiantes del tercer al octavo grado pasó el examen de lectura, y 48% pasó el examen de matemáticas. En primavera de 2019, la última vez que los estudiantes tomaron el examen, 73% pasó el examen de lectura y 74% el examen de matemáticas.